NationStates Issues **SPOILER ALERT**

[Valentine Z]

Hoping to do a huge update before 18th, before school starts again. I won't be permanently gone when school reopens, but since that's my last term, priority towards school, of course!

But at the same time.... all work and no play is a no-no, so I definitely can spare a few hours for this!

I, of course, am not saying that you accused me of such. Just thought I would let people know that no worries, I am not skipping pages or posts on purpose (unless it's outdated, which happens!) ^^

[TalAkMaChen]

Yeah, also sorry from my side about that. I tried to keep things as up to date as possible, but with hundreds of issues listed at various places I sometimes had to change things weeks after writing them here. Like just today with #1318 (found sort of the validities for options 3-6, and my... what a mess!), posted on page 252, top. I hope that settles once the majority of things have been processed and the editors don't have to change too many things on old issues. Else that gives you even more work...

[Valentine Z]

Yeah, also sorry from my side about that. I tried to keep things as up to date as possible, but with hundreds of issues listed at various places I sometimes had to change things weeks after writing them here. Like just today with #1318 (found sort of the validities for options 3-6, and my... what a mess!), posted on page 252, top. I hope that settles once the majority of things have been processed and the editors don't have to change too many things on old issues. Else that gives you even more work...

It's not your fault at all. In fact, it's not anyone's! I understand that maintaining the thread takes time, and there will always be new things and fields that are coming up every now and then. So, if anything, thank you, along with the others, for the help and for keeping track of the new changes as well!

It would just seem busy and difficult to do now, that I will admit. But as time goes on, the amount of changes that we need to do will become smaller. ^^

[Juniria]

#1337: Waste Not Want Not

The Issue

With the nation recently affirming its pro-choice stance and guaranteeing women the freedom to terminate unwanted pregnancies, the question has risen about the proper disposal of the products of conception.

The Debate

1. “This is an untapped medical resource of considerable scientific value,” explains Otohime North, the Director of the @@NAME@@ Stem Cell Research Institute, urging you to look at an image depicting a life-sized zygote. “Life-saving research can and has been carried out using foetal material. For example, past experiments that gave us the polio vaccine. In the future, they may be part of the cure for neurodegenerative diseases and spinal cord injuries. Claim this resource for use in medical research, and new advances will surely follow.”

2. “I understand that abortion is sometimes regrettably necessary, but these are still human remains that we’re talking about here,” argues funeral director Wojciech Turner, glancing dolefully at North. “The bereaved family should perhaps instead be given counsel on options for a dignified funeral service, and the importance of mourning the lost little life. This act will also help give sufficient weight to the act of ending an unborn life, and perhaps make people consider their family planning options more carefully in the future.”

3. “The way I see it, the thing is a product of my body,” says proud abortion clinic regular and self-proclaimed ‘expert laissez-faire economist’ Luna Claus. “Ipso facto, I retain ownership. If I want to sell the products of conception to a research institute or to some major national corporation that wants it for whatever purpose, then I have the absolute right to sell to the highest bidder. If I’d rather not, that’s up to me too. That’s the free market economy.”

Issue by The AI See You of Candlewhisper Archive

Edited by The Free Joy State

There is definitely an alternate 3 for socialist nations. So, this is the "1337" issue, huh? I'm kind of disappointed.

[TalAkMaChen]

I just received #1299 again and got the same names as in the old report, so I have to assume they are fixed. Also, option 5 is for all, not just "has private industries" nations.

[Confessional Korea]

Why does choosing option 3 of Issue 996 lower civil rights?

The Issue
@@NAME@@ has been watching closely after a neighbouring country adopted the Maxtopian writing system in conjunction with their own native script, as it has since been prospering. A disputation about whether to follow their example has resulted in various weighty reports from competing ministries to read through.

3. The sun begins to set and you now turn to the rather voluminous report by the Ministry for Creative Solutions, which starts out with: "It is clear that a new writing system is the only viable, long term solution for this present conundrum. A new system that would accurately transcribe the unique pronunciations contained within our language, promoting greater literacy. This new script shall be drafted with simplicity in mind so that native @@DEMONYMNOUNPLURAL@@ and foreigners alike would have no trouble learning it. It must be immediately enacted upon and made mandatory in all areas of government, businesses and schools."

I chose it because "A new system that would accurately transcribe the unique pronunciations contained within our language, promoting greater literacy. This new script shall be drafted with simplicity in mind so that native @@DEMONYMNOUNPLURAL@@ and foreigners alike would have no trouble learning it." reads just like the origins of Hangul. what's the deal with the effects?

[Tinhampton]

Why does choosing option 3 of Issue 996 lower civil rights?

Read the option again - in full this time, please. You are requiring your citizens to use not!Hangul in schools and the workplace, which reduces their freedom to use alternative scripts.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

I just received #1299 again and got the same names as in the old report, so I have to assume they are fixed. Also, option 5 is for all, not just "has private industries" nations.

Well that's weird, because they're definitely random.

Maybe the game remembers what random names it's allocated to a nation for a given nation? Or maybe the randomiser is actually picking a name from the list based on some formula based on your nation name or something, which would allow it to give the same result after you click reload on a page?

I don't know exactly how the macro works, but I can assure you that these are definitely random names.

[Jutsa]

It's happened before. I'm pretty sure one person reported the same issue three times with the same names, despite them being random.

Pretty sure it's an algorithm thing.

[Juniria]

#1339: AI Citizens Driving Change?

The Issue

After a series of car crashes in @@CAPITAL@@ this week, all involving traditional, flesh-and-blood @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@, the AI citizens of @@NAME@@ are saying that organic fallibility makes humans naturally bad drivers.

The Debate

1. “We machines have faster reaction times, better processing speeds and more driving ability than any meatbag motorists,” lectures artificial intelligence and motorbiker EVL-KN:EVL. “I’m not saying we shouldn’t let humans sit behind the wheel, but they should have AI help next to them to take over in dangerous situations. Or you know, when they think the humans are driving in a way that is ill-judged. We’re all good at different things — us machines are better at risk assessment, logic, and quick-thinking, while meatbags are better at... at... other things, I’m sure.”

2. “Hmm... I’m just not convinced,” wonders IT security researcher Dave Parkarvarkar, who is wholly human. “There’s been tests done with adversarial images, and it’s just too easy to fool image recognition these days. The second someone puts a sticker on a road sign, we can’t trust any AI to obey! In fact, to reduce the possibility of such a hack occurring, we should stop AI drivers from getting behind the wheel. It’s for their own good!”

3. “You want fast reactions? I can give you fast reactions!” suggests a shady-looking Phisa Pharmaceuticals representative. “You should mandate that all human drivers take our product Speedica, an enhancement drug that improves reaction times. We also produce other drugs that can address the side effects, as Speedica can sometimes make folk feel a little... uh... flaccid.”

Issue by The Player By The Name of SherpDaWerp

Edited by Candlewhisper Archive

[Valentine Z]

Ahh, I was just about to post that, hehe. Yeah, I will hopefully work on the next big list of changes by this week, so sorry for the delay! ><

As for Issue 1339, Option 2, I got this: IT security researcher Sophie Marshall. So... I think the gender is also random, it seems.

[Holy Fincia Garrry]

Issue #286 is now logged as edited by both Luna Amore and Glen-Rhodes. Likewise, Issue #646 is logged as edited by Sleep and Candlewhisper Archive - in that order.

[TalAkMaChen]

#1339: AI Citizens Driving Change?

The Issue

After a series of car crashes in @@CAPITAL@@ this week, all involving traditional, flesh-and-blood @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@, the AI citizens of @@NAME@@ are saying that organic fallibility makes humans naturally bad drivers.

The Debate

1. “We machines have faster reaction times, better processing speeds and more driving ability than any meatbag motorists,” lectures artificial intelligence and motorbiker EVL-KN:EVL. “I’m not saying we shouldn’t let humans sit behind the wheel, but they should have AI help next to them to take over in dangerous situations. Or you know, when they think the humans are driving in a way that is ill-judged. We’re all good at different things — us machines are better at risk assessment, logic, and quick-thinking, while meatbags are better at... at... other things, I’m sure.”

2. “Hmm... I’m just not convinced,” wonders IT security researcher Dave Parkarvarkar, who is wholly human. “There’s been tests done with adversarial images, and it’s just too easy to fool image recognition these days. The second someone puts a sticker on a road sign, we can’t trust any AI to obey! In fact, to reduce the possibility of such a hack occurring, we should stop AI drivers from getting behind the wheel. It’s for their own good!”

3. “You want fast reactions? I can give you fast reactions!” suggests a shady-looking Phisa Pharmaceuticals representative. “You should mandate that all human drivers take our product Speedica, an enhancement drug that improves reaction times. We also produce other drugs that can address the side effects, as Speedica can sometimes make folk feel a little... uh... flaccid.”

Issue by The Player By The Name of SherpDaWerp

Edited by Candlewhisper Archive

Mate, better check the numbering properly. Those are (most likely) options 1+3+4, unless 2+3 have an identical wording. I got those options (IT person as random) as 1+3+4. Also note that the pharmaceutical product "Speedica" is in italics.. duh.

[TalAkMaChen]

#1337: Waste Not Want Not

The Issue

With the nation recently affirming its pro-choice stance and guaranteeing women the freedom to terminate unwanted pregnancies, the question has risen about the proper disposal of the products of conception.

The Debate

1. “This is an untapped medical resource of considerable scientific value,” explains Otohime North, the Director of the @@NAME@@ Stem Cell Research Institute, urging you to look at an image depicting a life-sized zygote. “Life-saving research can and has been carried out using foetal material. For example, past experiments that gave us the polio vaccine. In the future, they may be part of the cure for neurodegenerative diseases and spinal cord injuries. Claim this resource for use in medical research, and new advances will surely follow.”

2. “I understand that abortion is sometimes regrettably necessary, but these are still human remains that we’re talking about here,” argues funeral director Wojciech Turner, glancing dolefully at North. “The bereaved family should perhaps instead be given counsel on options for a dignified funeral service, and the importance of mourning the lost little life. This act will also help give sufficient weight to the act of ending an unborn life, and perhaps make people consider their family planning options more carefully in the future.”

3. “The way I see it, the thing is a product of my body,” says proud abortion clinic regular and self-proclaimed ‘expert laissez-faire economist’ Luna Claus. “Ipso facto, I retain ownership. If I want to sell the products of conception to a research institute or to some major national corporation that wants it for whatever purpose, then I have the absolute right to sell to the highest bidder. If I’d rather not, that’s up to me too. That’s the free market economy.”

Issue by The AI See You of Candlewhisper Archive

Edited by The Free Joy State

There is definitely an alternate 3 for socialist nations. So, this is the "1337" issue, huh? I'm kind of disappointed.

Here is number 4:

4. “The way I see it, the thing is a product of my body,” says proud abortion clinic regular and self-proclaimed ‘supraequality expert’ @@RANDOMNAME@@. “Ipso facto, I reserve the right to decide whether I want to donate it to the greater good or not. In fact, the state should be giving me the option of exchanging my bodily property for an additional share of the common wealth, to give me an incentive to support state-led research schemes or state factories or whatever. After all, those who contribute more to society deserve a little something in return.”

Also, note italics at the latin phrase Ipso facto. I assume it's the same in option 3. Names are all random with the obvious reference of 2 to 1's last name.

[Tinhampton]

I've been gotten whupped with "Professor Xu Breitbart" in Option 12.1 (on the nation Lydia Anderson) - is that a new surname for Val Z's list?

On another nation (I forget), I got [Finn] Wiseau on Option 353.2, another new surname (actually not new, it's been reported before but Jutsa never got it). DAMN YOU, FAUXIA!!!

[Valentine Z]

Valentine’s Changelog 005

Issue Master List 0000 – 0025

• Issue 0001 Description: Added italics: TV show "60 Minutes" ran → TV show "60 Minutes" ran.
• Issue 0020.4: says NRA head honcho → says @@NAME@@ Handgun Association head honcho.

Issue Master List 0026 – 0050

• Issue 0042.3: says @@RANDOMNAME@@ → says @@RANDOMFIRSTNAME@@. Fixed the typo “propoganda”.
• Issue 0046 Description: Added italics to “Jennifier Government”: A new book, Jennifer Government, by → A new book, Jennifer Government, by

Issue Master List 0051 – 0075

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0051 Description: After a sixty year old man with psoriasis streaked past → After a sixty-year-old man with distressingly flappy armpits streaked past
• Issue 0055.1: Principal @@RANDOMNAME@@, nervously tugging at his shirt collar. → Principal @@RANDOMNAME@@, coughing nervously.
• Issue 0055.2: slamming the fist → slamming a fist
• Issue 0055.3: slamming his black-gloved fist → slamming a black-gloved fist
• Issue 0064.4: Dorothy Amin → @@RANDOMNAME@@
• Issue 0069 Description: plunging a third of @@NAME@@'s national power supply grid into darkness → plunging a third of the power supply grid of @@CAPITAL@@ into darkness
• Issue 0075 Description: Henry Taiden → @@RANDOMMALENAME@@

Issue Master List 0076 – 0100

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0087.2: a prison cell → @@HIS@@ prison cell
• Issue 0088.1: Added italics. monthly magazine 'To Serve Man', quips, → monthly magazine 'To Serve Man', quips,
• Issue 0092.2: @@RANDOMFEMALENAME@ → @@RANDOMNAME@@ /// she says → @@HE@@ says

Issue Master List 0101 – 0125

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0115.1: @@NAME@@ University → @@CAPITAL@@ University
• Issue 0122.1: Added italics: a resident of 'This Old Man' retirement home → a resident of 'This Old Man' retirement home

Issue Master List 0151 – 0175

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0153 Description: against the @@NAME@@ government → against the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ government
• Issue 0167.4: Changed “non-fluorinated” to “non-fluoridated”.
• Issue 0172.2: swami → Swami

Issue Master List 0176 – 0200

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0178 Description: from claims that capital city had → from claims that @@ANIMAL@@ City had
• Issue 0178.2: Added italics: The Hebdomadal Gabfest → The Hebdomadal Gabfest
• Issue 0187: Issue Title changed: Underclass Drowning In Debt → @@NAME@@'s Underclass Drowning In Debt
• Issue 0195: Description Change: The Rambler's and Hiker's Association → The Ramblers’ and Hikers’ Association

Issue Master List 0201 – 0225

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0201: Changed Description: devastating @@NAME@@'s foreign trade. → devastating the nation’s foreign trade.
• Issue 0207.1: says @@RANDOMNAME@@, who does not exist within any of @@NAME@@'s records. → says ‘@@RANDOMFIRSTNAME@@’, who does not exist within any government records.
• Issue 0217.2: We should increase NHS tax. → We should increase income tax to improve NHS funding.
• Issue 0221.2: "It's true that something has got to be done about the tax code, but it doesn't need to be an all-or-nothing decision!" → “It’s true that something has got to be done about the tax code, but it doesn’t need to be anything so drastic,”
• Issue 0221.3: "If anything is bloated about the taxes and how our money is spent, it's that corporate welfare!" → “If anything is bloated about the taxes, it’s that corporate welfare!”
• Issue 0224.3: Kanye Chatwin → @@RANDOMNAME@@ /// show You’re Fired! → show ‘You’re Fired!’ ; Added a space after “3.”
• Issue 0224.4: Added a space after “4.”

Issue Master List 0226 – 0249

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0229.3: your Minister of Commerce, whilst fiddling with a large gold ring. He reaches into his pocket and places a thick envelope on your desk. → your Minister of Commerce, fiddling with a large gold ring before sliding a thick envelope across on your desk.
• Issue 0237.4: an ambassador at @@NAME@@'s embassy → an ambassador at the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Embassy
• Issue 0246.3: , ha ha. Ha. → [No more!]
• Issue 0247.2: "Woah, woah, woah!" Says liberal activist → “Woah, woah, woah!” says liberal activist

Issue Master List 0250 – 0275

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0254.3: is to @@NAME@@’s economy? → is to the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ economy?
• Issue 0261.1: shouts angry garbageman @@RANDOMNAME@@. → shouts angry refuse collector @@RANDOMNAME@@.
• Issue 0267: Description Changed: @@NAME@@ian → @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@
• Issue 0268.1: @@RANDOMNAME@@ → @@RANDOMFEMALENAME@@
• Issue 0275: Changed Description / Added Italics: WikiSpills → WikiSpills
• Issue 0275.1: The @@CAPITAL@@ Times Magazine → The @@CAPITAL@@ Times Magazine

Issue Master List 0276 – 0300

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0283.1: calling from a private plane somewhere over the Pacific. → calling from a private yacht somewhere in the Pacific.
• Issue 0285.4 Slacker blogger @@RANDOMNAME@@ → Slacker freelance food reviewer @@RANDOMNAME@@

Issue Master List 0301 – 0319

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0312.1: turning purple. → turning a slightly alarming shade of purple.
• Issue 0317.2: Our @@CURRENCYPLURAL@@ pay for our computers; they're not the government's property! → These are our personal computers; they’re not the government’s property!
• Issue 0319.1: "Our measurement system is a complete disaster!" wails renowned chemist @@RANDOMNAME@@ as she storms into your office. "We're stuck using primitive and illogical measurements like 'fingers' or 'donkeypower' or 'MegaFonzie'. It's too much! Nearly every other nation has converted to the metric system. Think of how much it would help our communication with other countries. It'll cost a few @@CURRENCYPLURAL@@ to convert, but it'll be damn cheaper than the mistakes our system is causing!" → “Our measurement system is a complete disaster!” wails renowned engineer @@RANDOMNAME@@, brandishing the odd-looking result of a recent project. “We’re stuck using primitive and illogical measurements like ‘fingers’ or ‘donkeypower’ or ‘MegaFonzie’. It’s too much! Practically every other nation in @@REGION@@ has converted to the metric system. Think of how much it would help our international communication! It’ll cost a few deniers to convert, but it’ll be damn cheaper than the mistakes our system is causing!”

Issue Master List 0320 – 0339

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0324: Changed Description: @@NAME@@'s tourism industry has hit the rocks → the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ tourist industry has hit the rocks.
• Issue 0324.4: to hide the fact that @@NAME@@ is now covered in pink frosting → to hide the fact that @@CAPITAL@@ is now covered in pink frosting
• Issue 0331: Changed Editors: Dustistan → Dustistan, Lenyo.
• Issue 0332.3: IT repairwoman, Leroy Stevens, as he reboots → IT repair@@man@@, @@RANDOMNAME@@, as @@HE@@ reboots
• Issue 0334: Changed Title: Blot Out Bauhaus → Blot Out Bauhaus?
• Issue 0338.1: For the sake of @@NAME@@'s hearing → For the sake of the nation’s hearing,

Issue Master List 0340 – 0359

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0346.2: "Woah woah woah... let's not demonize the oil companies. It's not like they want these spills to happen," cautions @@RANDOMNAME@@, a prime investor in the DrillBabyDrill Corporation. "Think of what punitive measures would do to the economy. Let the government pay for the cleanup, so we can put this unfortunate accident behind us." → “Woah, woah... let’s not demonize the oil companies. It’s not like they want these spills to happen,” cautions @@RANDOMNAME@@, an investor in DrillBabyDrill Fund Management. “Think of what punitive measures would do to the economy. It’s an unfortunate situation, to be sure, but do we really want to put one of @@NAME@@’s corporate stars out of business? That will only hurt us all. Let the government take care of the cleanup, like usual.”

Issue Master List 0360 – 0379

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0372.2: @@ANIMAL@@ tanks → Mammoth tanks
• Issue 0374: Changed Title: ed. Sedgistan → ed: Sedgistan
• Issue 0378: Changed Description: It's the centenary of the Great @@REGION@@ War, and competing plans to commemorate the historic moment are being considered for approval. → It’s the centenary of a great war that shook @@REGION@@, and competing plans to commemorate the historic moment are being considered for approval.
• Issue 0379.3: a @@ANIMAL@@ → @@A@@ @@ANIMAL@@

Issue Master List 0380 – 0399

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0384.3: Added option. “Now, let’s not get carried away,” counsels Foreign Minister @@RANDOMFEMALENAME@@ with her pet kitten in lap. “There’s more than one way to skin a cat, you know. For instance, we could simply put an embargo or ten on Marche Noir until it elects a cooperative prime minister. Half the country buys Marche Noirian bicycles; a trade sanction would cripple them. That way we can show our opposition to communist jingoism without sacrificing @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ lives.” /// Added validity: Cars are banned. Validity set [x], i.e. Independent. /// Reference post here.
• Issue 0384.4: Formerly Option 3, now shifted to Option 4.

Issue Master List 0420 – 0439

• Issue 0420.1: Changed validity from “Has jails” to “Must have prisons”.
• Issue 0420.2: Changed validity from “Has no jails” to “Must not have prisons.”
• Issue 0425.4: Added validity. “Must have private industry”, notation [x], i.e. independent set.

Don't worry, more to come later! Thanks to Tak once again for compiling this huge list of changes! Counting by numbers alone, I think I'm 25-30% done with the last list. Or 20%. This might take a tad while...

My only fear is that as much as I appreciate Tak's effort, given the time of the post, I am hoping that these edits are still valid and relevant. If not...

EDIT: I realised a mistake in Issue 0384.3. The validity should not be an independent set, and it should be *2 and *3, since they are for banning/not banning cars. Will be done in the next changelog!

[TalAkMaChen]

Valentine’s Changelog 005

My only fear is that as much as I appreciate Tak's effort, given the time of the post, I am hoping that these edits are still valid and relevant. If not...

EDIT: I realised a mistake in Issue 0384.3. The validity should not be an independent set, and it should be *2 and *3, since they are for banning/not banning cars. Will be done in the next changelog!

I hope the editors notify you when they change things unrequested. Else it is also good to check the relevant topics (here and Help us fix old issues) for changes in issues/options.

Edit: I just noticed, #638,3 is not seen here. I suspect either (or more of) Conscription, Socialism, and/or Child Labor to disqualify TalAkMaChen from seeing option 3.

[Valentine Z]

I hope the editors notify you when they change things unrequested. Else it is also good to check the relevant topics (here and Help us fix old issues) for changes in issues/options.

Edit: I just noticed, #638,3 is not seen here. I suspect either (or more of) Conscription, Socialism, and/or Child Labor to disqualify TalAkMaChen from seeing option 3.

I am hoping that would be the case too. Because I actually have an offline backup (basically copied and pasted every single post in one huge Word doc) to make sure that it will still be safe and I have something to refer to. An unannounced changed would certainly be difficult to find! ^^;

Fun fact: Excluding the newer issues (which I will add later into the list), this megathread and effectively the issues, have a whopping 470,000 words, give and take.

[Alanis Star]

Issue 1340 - Unnatural Conception - Author / Editor: Free Joy State

The Issue
While touring the Clarissa’s Land Of Happiness And Cheers Decanting Room with a group of dignitaries who wish to tour the facilities for producing your vat-born population, you notice a woman quietly secreting a baby — too big to be a neonate — behind a pile of discarded vats.

The Debate
1. “This is Adele Crowne,” says the Director of Infant Hatcheries, pausing the tour. “And that is her... sprog. What is the world coming to when a young lady chooses breeding like an uncontrolled lagomorph over healthy, legal recreational relations in the age of vats? I reprimanded her for not getting an abortion, and urge you to launch a campaign to encourage prompt clinic attendance. But now we are stuck with the... results of her laziness. Child Welfare should regularly check on Ms. Crowne; someone who erred so badly is unlikely to make a fit parent.”

3. “This shows a lack of proper conditioning,” intones the prim Directress of Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning and Thought Modification. “Good conditioning becomes the sum of an adult mind, and forces the body to comply unawares. Future vats should be engineered so many of our populace is born sterile, with just enough unsterilised ones for future genetic material. If you also grant my department custody of all children, born and future, we’d teach from infancy that obedience is healthy, motherhood obscene and unsterilised women must use contraceptives; we’d also drill women in their use. Our nation will be peaceful, and total obedience will be as automatic as breathing.”

4. “I was thinking,” whispers Ms. Crowne, and the Directress faints, “that I might like to keep my baby. John’s a cute little wonder-baby. He’s started rolling over a bit now; I thought they couldn’t do that until they were about two. I technically haven’t broken any laws; I tried to avoid pregnancy. I did give birth, so shouldn’t I choose? I know mum’s going to be disappointed that I did it this way — and it’s not that the vats aren’t great — but if a woman wants to have a baby and keep it, why shouldn’t she decide?”

5. “Birth? Mother? Choose?” grunts your Minister of Coercive Free-Will, balking. “Filth! This hormone-addled woman imagines she wants a life apart from the state. Very well, let her live completely apart from the state. There is money only for those who obey social mores; people such as Ms. Crowne and their baseborn brats can expect no right to employment, education, welfare, healthcare or any other service. If they protest, exile them — somewhere cold.”

6. “Ms. Crowne’s oopsie proves ze mother-child relationship is most important,” insists Dr. Kinder-Schloss, the ambassador of an unpronounceable country beginning with an X and ending with a Y. “Childless vomen feel guilty; zey failed in a major part of ze female identity: ze joy of natural childbirth — und changing ze nappies und viping avay ze vomit. So she goes nuttier zan squirrel turd, ja? To prevent female neuroses, ban ze vats und encourage multiparous mothering vith grants und preferential access to shops und transport only to vomen vith many children.”

The Inspect tool shows choice-0, 2, 3, 4, 5.

(I will deal with the Macros myself later. ^^)

[Valentine Z]

Valentine’s Changelog 006

Issue Master List 0380 – 0399

• Issue 0384.3: Validity set changed from [x] (Independent) to Set *. Cars not banned validity still missing?

Issue Master List 0420 – 0439

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0420: Description changed: major shift in @@NAME@@'s War on Drugs. → major shift in the nation’s War on Drugs.
• Issue 0433.2: smelling of static → smelling of static

Issue Master List 0440 – 0459

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0440: Description changed: cinema boffs → cinema buffs.
• Issue 0445.2: all over their supercilious counterpart → all over @@HIS@@ supercilious counterpart
• Issue 0451: Changed title: A Prosthelytizer To Burn → A Proselyte to Burn

Issue Master List 0460 – 0479

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0462.2: She adjusts her gym bag → @@HE@@ adjusts @@HIS@@ gym bag
• Issue 0467: Changed Description: @@RANDOMMALENAME@@, recently acknowledged that his parents had him circumcised when he was younger for "aerodynamic purposes". This has caused considerable debate throughout the @@TYPE@@, and people have taken to ambushing you while you're out for your evening meal. → @@RANDOMMALENAME@@, the fastest amateur swimmer in @@NAME@@, recently acknowledged that his parents had him circumcised when he was younger for “aerodynamic purposes”. This has caused considerable debate throughout the @@TYPE@@, and people have taken to ambushing you while you’re out for your evening meal.
• Issue 0472.4: Ronald Rump → Edward Rump
• Issue 0478.1: Eddie Hercules → @@RANDOMFIRSTNAME@@ Hercules

Issue Master List 0480 – 0499

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0485: Changed description: Maxemon → Maxémon
• Issue 0492.2: hanging on the walls of the Maxtopian National Museum in the very room where it was painted by Whilhelm @@RANDOMMALENAME@@ as → hanging on the walls of the Maxtopian town house of Wilhelm @@RANDOMLASTNAME@@, as

Issue Master List 0500 – 0519

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0500.3: Italics added: The Little Pinko Book → The Little Pinko Book
• Issue 0500.4: Italics added: @@ANIMAL@@ Apocalypse 4: The Rise of Mad Max! → @@ANIMAL@@ Apocalypse 4: The Rise of Mad Max!
• Issue 0502.1: with an @@ANIMAL@@ → with @@A@@ @@ANIMAL@@
• Issue 0505: Changed description: has infested @@NAME@@'s hillsides. → has infested the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ hillsides.

Issue Master List 0520 – 0539

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0524: Changed description: a @@ANIMAL@@ → @@A@@ @@ANIMAL@@
• Issue 0527.2: Hermione Collins → @@RANDOMNAME@@

Issue Master List 0540 – 0559

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0555: Changed description: Tim A. Kneehall → Tommy Kneehall

Issue Master List 0560 – 0579

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0562.2: Nick Leader → @@RANDOMNAME@@

Issue Master List 0580 – 0599

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0595.1: He takes a moment → @@HE@@ takes a moment

Issue Master List 0600 – 0619

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0609: Changed description, added italics: propose @@ANIMAL@@fest→ propose @@ANIMAL@@fest
• Issue 0609.1: Leader, you can even jam → @@LEADER@@, you can even jam
• Issue 0611: Changed description: an @@ANIMAL@@ → @@A@@ @@ANIMAL@@
• Issue 0611.2: Added italics: new @@NAME@@-made Super Obliterator 3000s → new @@NAME@@-made Super Obliterator 3000s
• Issue 0613.2: @@RANDOMNAME@@ & @@NAMEfromOption2@@ → Kirby Streisand
• Issue 0613.4: Added italics: politichunt42 → politichunt42
• Issue 0614.1: @@RANDOMNAME@@ → Debbie Eugenia
• Issue 0614.2: @@RANDOMLASTNAME@@ & @@LASTNAMEfromOption2@@ → Kone
• Issue 0614.3: Out of nowhere @@RANDOMNAME@@ → Out of nowhere Hayek Freedman (reference here).
• Issue 0617.1: We found this extraordinary specimen in a dense forest deep in the interior of Oogaboogaland → We found this extraordinary specimen in a dense forest deep in the darkest heart of a land of dense rainforests,
• Issue 0617.4: Viceroy Tiberius @@RANDOMLASTNAME@@ → Viceroy @@RANDOMNAME@@

Issue Master List 0620 – 0639

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0620: Changed description, added italics: “up to 10% of children may be skipping school lunches because they can’t afford them” → “up to 10% of children may be skipping school lunches because they can’t afford them”
• Issue 0620.1: journalist in question, and a father of four, as he unloads his shopping bags full of designer clothes → journalist in question, and a father of four, as his butler trails behind him with shopping bags full of designer clothes.
• Issue 0624: Changed description: outcast Eobard Hester made → outcast Eobard @@RANDOMLASTNAME@@ made // added italics: Trials and Trolls → Trials and Trolls
• Issue 0628.3: Dirk Frederickson → @@RANDOMNAME@@
• Issue 0628.4: Dave Bergman → @@RANDOMNAME@@
• Issue 0632: Hillary Kaine → @@RANDOMFEMALENAME@@
• Issue 0633: Added italics: Bigger And Cleverer → Bigger And Cleverer
• Issue 0636: Changed description, added italics: “Sean’s dad is such a drunk, that he didn’t just lose his front door keys, he lost his whole front door... oh, and his house... and his job. Wow, sucks to be his son, huh?” → “@@RANDOMMALEFIRSTNAME_1@@’s dad is such a drunk, that he didn’t just lose his front door keys, he lost his whole front door... and his house... and his job. Sucks to be his son, huh?”
• Issue 0636.1: shouts @@RANDOMNAME@@, the amateur columnist brat. → claims @@RANDOMNAME@@, the student in question.
• Issue 0636.3: Chanegd validity wording. [Must be democratic] → [Must have elections]
• Issue 0636.4: Changed validity (reference here). [Must not be democratic] → [Must not have elections] // @@randomname@@ → @@RANDOMNAME@@
• Issue 0638.4: control expert Oprah Lopez → control expert @@RANDOMNAME@@

Issue Master List 0640 – 0659

• Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.
• Issue 0643.4: scoffs Marleen Dodinas → scoffs @@RANDOMNAME@@
• Issue 0643.5: mocks Kendall Rikkard → mocks @@RANDOMNAME@@
• Issue 0644: Changed description, added italics: Violet Hat Society → Violet Hat Society
• Issue 0646.3: Added italics: handing out ‘You’re Special Too!’ stickers → handing out ‘You’re Special Too!’ stickers
• Issue 0648: Changed title: Confessions Of A Dirty Mind → Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
• Issue 0648.3: Added italics: The Flying Suns UFO cult → The Flying Suns UFO cult
• Issue 0650: Changed description, added italics: KwikiLeaks → KwikiLeaks
• Issue 0650.2: rebuffs Angela Nimoy → rebuffs @@RANDOMNAME@@
• Issue 0650.3: Added italics: CSI: @@CAPITAL@@ → CSI: @@CAPITAL@@
• Issue 0650.4: Added italics: Trolls From @@CAPITAL@@ → Trolls From @@CAPITAL@@ // Kwikileaks → Kwikileaks // Maxémon Woah → Maxémon Woah
• Issue 0655: Changed description, added italics: Gorgosaurus → Gorgosaurus
• Issue 0655.5: flatulent pentaceratops into → flatulent pentaceratops into
• Issue 0656.4: Added italics: anyone important → anyone important

// Denotes separate changes for each option/issue/part.
& Denotes a single change to multiple parts, such as with multiple macros or names rolled into one.

I’m sorry this changelog is relatively smaller, and I know I can continue at night, but I want to post this now so as to denote the changes that I have made right now.

Will definitely be continuing later, or over the weekends! ^^;

[Tinhampton]

Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.

Any particular reason? From what I recall, we've always used "ed:Editor" rather than "ed: Editor" here... if we haven't and this is you cleaning up after Jutsa and co. again, please let me know

(also, thank you for everything )

[Valentine Z]

Added space between editor’s name. ed:Editor → ed: Editor.

Any particular reason? From what I recall, we've always used "ed:Editor" rather than "ed: Editor" here... if we haven't and this is you cleaning up after Jutsa and co. again, please let me know

(also, thank you for everything )

Oh right, that one! I really am hoping that people here don't mind, because it's just a really huge pet peeve of mine.

It's not because of Jutsa, or Issue Authors, or Editors, or anything like that. I just like a space after punctuation, like "ed: Author" is personally cleaner to me. If that needs to be changed back, then it definitely can be done without the arduous manual work (Find and Replace is a wonderful thing). ^^

[TalAkMaChen]

Woop, me again.
I just got #1046 at a Nude nation and behold, another option that went by unnoticed/added later. We currently have options 1,3 and 4 with no clear indication of what option 2 might be (no economic, political, prison, guns, ... topic that would be different for having or not having a policy).

[TalAkMaChen]

Fresh from the shelf:

#1341: Caught Off Guard [Aschenburg; ed:The Free Joy State]

The Issue

After an incident where members of fruitarian militant group Grapes of Wrath scaled the palace for a protest, monarchists, etiquette enthusiasts and the gentry were aghast to discover that the monarchy of @@NAME@@ has no Royal Guard.

The Debate
1. “An old-fashioned Royal Guard, similar to that in pre-revolution Imperial Lebatuck, is the appropriate choice,” states @@RANDOMMALENAME@@, weekend military reenactor and historical costumier, who trots into your office on horseback fully adorned with a sabre, braided tunic and bearskin busby. “Think of the elegance, and the impact on the world stage. @@LEADER@@, provide a mounted cavalry to stand guard over the royal household and really make the world’s heads turn on state occasions. Not only will a regular ceremonial trooping of the colour provide a tourist focal point, it will also bring the craft of the ancient uniform makers to a modern audience!” He then salutes and canters out of your office.

2. “Why move backwards, when you can showcase the smartest uniforms and latest weaponry?” asks young Prince @@RANDOMMALEFIRSTNAME@@, the heir apparent to a neighbouring monarchy, as he draws a robot holding a laser gun. “As I said to Papa, no-one wants a smelly old horse, when tanks and lasers and ray-shields are so much cooler! The monarch is the most important person; their family deserve to be guarded by a royal division dressed in full protective gear, and armed with the latest military tech. The battlefield shouldn’t even get to test new military gadgets until the monarchy is protected by them. Why should piffling foot soldiers get new toys before the monarch’s Guard?”

3. “Erm... May I suggest your local bobby is the best person to protect against crime in @@NAME@@?” murmurs police officer @@RANDOMNAME@@, known among criminals as ‘The Doberman’, as he timidly pushes his glasses up his nose. “The only reason we couldn’t be here for those fruit-loops is because we were busting an infamous ring of jaywalking arsonists. Surely that proves we know what we’re doing? If the Royal Family really need protecting, we’ll be right there.”

4. “Wait! Now I am just a humble ordinary taxpayer,” says @@RANDOMMALENAME@@, pointing to the oversized, multicoloured badge on his chest that reads Ordinary Taxpayer and Proud of It, “but am I the only one who has the common sense to ask: why do we need a royal division in the first place? I’m not paying for it. We’re taxed enough already! If outdated royals want protection, make them work and fund their posh lifestyles like everyone else. They’ve scrounged enough on the national teat. Let’s save a penny or two for Mr and Ms Taxpayer!”

I wonder if there's an alternative version to 2, but I don't think so since it's an NPC nation that would not have to distinct between matriarchry/patriarchy. Numbers are checked, names appear random, but who knows. Also three times italics, look out.
Edit: I got that one again, with a different set of names - all random. Gender might be partly fixed until confirmed otherwise.

[Lydia Anderson]

I am a co-author of #1115 (as Tinhampton) and have just received the issue on this puppet. Although the validity for Option 1115.3 is listed as "Smoking is illegal AND Alcohol is illegal," I received this option despite neither having No Smoking nor Prohibition as a visible national policy. I assume that "legal" is intended in place of "illegal" in both of those cases.